Sec. 104. Emergency funding
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Financial assistance may be made available under the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 ( 43 U.S.C. 2201 et seq. ), subtitle F of title IX of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10361 et seq.) (commonly known as the Secure Water Act of 2009 ), and any other applicable Federal law (including regulations), to be divided among each applicable program at the discretion of the Secretary for the optimization and conservation of Reclamation Project water supplies to assist drought-plagued areas of the State and the West.
Financial assistance may be made available under this section to organizations and entities, including tribal governments, that are engaged in collaborative processes to restore the environment while settling water rights claims that are part of an active water rights adjudication or a broader settlement of claims that are part of a basin-wide solution for restoration. Assistance under subsection
(a)shall include a range of projects, including— the installation of pumps, temporary barriers, or operable gates for water diversion and fish protection; the installation of groundwater wells in wildlife refuges and other areas; the purchase or assistance in the purchase of water from willing sellers; conservation projects providing water supply benefits in the short-term; exchanges with any water district willing to provide water to meet the emergency water needs of other water districts in return for the delivery of equivalent quantities of water later that year or in future years; maintenance of cover crops to prevent public health impacts from severe dust storms; emergency pumping projects for critical health and safety purposes; activities to reduce water demand consistent with a comprehensive program for environmental restoration and settlement of water rights claims; the use of new or innovative water on-farm water conservation technologies or methods that may assist in sustaining permanent crops in areas with severe water shortages; technical assistance to improve existing irrigation practices to provide water supply benefits in the short-term; and any other assistance the Secretary determines to be necessary to increase available water supplies or mitigate drought impacts. There is appropriated, out of funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce to carry out this section.
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